The purpose of this blog is to provide a holding, attuned, and provocative space for the mysteries of your heart to unfold. All of you is welcome here, in all of your glory - the painful, the joyous, the heartbroken, and the weary. The invitation is to see your entire life as an expression of high-voltage, creative guidance, and for you to offer yourself to the endless and infinite dimension of love that is emerging within and around you right now.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The transmutation of pure presence

The beloved is alive
and is weaving essences
of separation and union
inside you.

With no bias for dark or light
she is working with
the entire phenomenal world
to ripen you as a carrier
of the fragrances of both
oneness and multiplicity.

She is sending sadness,
tenderness, rawness,
and sorrow. Joy,
beauty, and profound vulnerability -
each to unlock a secret
place of opening within.

While you may be tempted
to mend your broken open heart, will you first
enter inside it?
For the beloved is there,
dancing with her envoys -
the moon and the tides -
weaving a sanctuary
for the transmutation
of pure presence.

Yes, you will burn
until you are translucent,
but it is only by way
of your burning
that love
will find safe passage
into this world.

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I am a psychotherapist, author, and teacher, working with individuals and groups worldwide. My latest book, The Path is Everywhere, is available in paperback and Kindle editions.To learn more about me and my work, please visit my website.

I have a PhD in psychology, where my research interests included
contemporary psychodynamic/ relational theory as well as mindfulness-based, contemplative approaches to psychological healing and spiritual transformation. I have long been interested in the dialogue
between Western, developmental and meditative methods of
inquiry and practice.

I worked in the publishing field for over 24 years, most recently Director of Professional Studies for Sounds True, where I organized online training for mental health professionals seeking to deepen their practice in areas such as attachment, trauma, neuroscience, and mindfulness.